Method and apparatus for an equalized on-die termination (ODT) circuit
View Patent ↗A method and apparatus for an equalized On-Die Termination (ODT) circuit uses timed switching to reduce receiver power consumption.
1. A method comprising:
terminating a receiver input to a positive potential through a first controllable impedance;
terminating said receiver input to a ground potential through a second controllable impedance;
communicating a receiver output to said first controllable impedance;
communicating said receiver output to said second controllable impedance;
storing in said receiver a previous state of said receiver; and
wherein said communicating a receiver output to said first controllable impedance is coupling directly said receiver output to a control input on said first controllable impedance.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said communicating a receiver output to said second controllable impedance is coupling directly said receiver output to a control input on said second controllable impedance.